Burt Did His Best To Keep Things Lively, And A Few Days After Webb'S
Departure Said: "I'Ve Heard That There Is To Be A Sham Battle At West Point
This Afternoon. Suppose We Go And See It."
The Heavy Guns From The River Batteries Had Been Awakening deep Echoes
Among The Mountains Every Afternoon For Some Time Past, Reminding the
Cliffords That The June Examinations Were Taking place At The Military
Academy, And That There Was Much Of Interest Occurring near Them. Not Only
Did Amy Assent To Burt'S Proposition, But Leonard Also Resolved to Go And
Take Maggie And The Children. In the Afternoon A Steam-Yacht Bore Them And
Many Other Excursionists To Their Destination, And They Were Soon Skirting
The Grassy Plain On Which The Military Evolutions Were To Take Place.
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